Archive for April, 2008

Review: Mario Kart Wii

Just published at Forbes.com:
Has one video game character ever given as much as good old Mario? Since Nintendo introduced the Wii game console in November 2006, they’ve turned to the iconic hero half a dozen times in order to sell games and attract…
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Friday Gallimaufry: The Cake Is Not A Lie

Just published at Forbes.com:
There is cake. The sun is bright. There is a wee little gallimaufry. What’s not to like? • Hack your brain • A subway monster • Flowing pixels • Moondust and duct tape • Spam’s 30th birthday • The Leave…
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Monday, April 28th, 2008

Watch It Shred

Just published at Forbes.com:
This is why I love the Internet. Many, many more shredding videos here.
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Monday, April 28th, 2008

Review: Pokemon Mystery Dungeon

Just published at Forbes.com:
To most folks, the Pokemon franchise is either known as “that weird Japanese cartoon” or “that creepy card game.” What they don’t realize is that Pokemon is also the second biggest selling video game franchise in history, and that legions…
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Saturday, April 26th, 2008

Beer Monday: Corona Light

Just published at Forbes.com:
There’s something about Spring that causes sensible people to do a strange thing. Maybe it’s caused by worries about looking good at the beach, or dreaming about south of the border vacations. Whatever the cause of their illness, the symptom…
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Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

Charlie Rose by Samuel Beckett

Just published at Forbes.com:
Legendary PBS interviewer Charlie Rose sits down with a guest and talks Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo. Or at least, this is how that would look, if it was a play written by Samuel Beckett.
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Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

Friday Gallimaufry: Everyday Sunshine

Just published at Forbes.com:
If it’s Friday, it must be another gallimaufry. • Monty penguin • iPaint myMac • Inside Milliways • Urban Star Wars • The AppleII GS laptop • Desktop clutter art • In Vestimentis Ursum • The yearbook project • Young…
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Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

I Call Shenanigans On Microsoft

Just published at Forbes.com:
Microsoft has responded to the recent leak of a stunningly lame sales video with an equally lame excuse: “Uhh… we meant to do that.” According to this story at News.com, Microsoft says the video is intentionally corny, and that they…
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Friday, April 18th, 2008

Microsoft Sales Video: Worst Thing Ever

Just published at Forbes.com:
This internal Microsoft sales video –unearthed by Neowin.net– is just amazingly awful and bad. How brain damaged do you have to be to think this is a good idea? How much money is Microsoft’s sales department wasting on this sort…
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Thursday, April 17th, 2008

The Yahoo Vs. Microsoft Fight

Just published at Forbes.com:
Microsoft wants Yahoo, but Yahoo doesn’t want Microsoft. So Yahoo’s doing everything it can to squeeze out of Steve Ballmer’s grasp –launching new features, initiating a partnership with Google, even investigating a merger with AOL. Is the strategy working? What’s…
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Thursday, April 17th, 2008